My Question Is........

My daughter is a far left liberal, and she claims Republicans want to do away with Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. I can't find any evidence of this.

I can't believe Republicans would destroy the party by doing this. And especially to talk about it right before the election.

What say you?
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I think its hogwash.but i have.heard rumours about this coming from the left side.
The debt is out of control. Where do you think republicans will cut first: defense spending, entitlements or perhaps a rollback of the recent corporate tax cuts? They're looking at entitlements. They were looking at entitlements even before Trump.
Cracks me up when ppl can't read a blog and interpret it as written. The OP's concern was "do away with"; I do not believe "cuts" are in a comparable arena. Just fodder for the story tellers.

If the programs would ever be eliminated ( I strongly doubt ) it would be fostered in over a long very long period of time, and ultimately replaced with a more definitive funding alternative....
Obviously social programs aren't being "done away with." That being said, republicans will be addressing cuts in that area shortly. The debt is out of control.
Yes, TG. LC and others here, esp. Biff, all have great points. Sure it irks many to see such strident, one sided, closed minded (including my own at times, although I try) echo chambered viewpoints everywhere. But it pays to try to see the validity that exists on the other side sometimes, for it truly exists. And, who would trade life in much more totalitarian, or even one party (PRC, Cuba, many others) regimes for our messy, often conflicted, partisan, slow moving, lobbiest infested, over taxing/spending, etc. ones? Democracies/parliamentsary governments/republics---Godess bless 'em all.
Well, I don't believe they will be done away with. But she insists they will be drastically cut.
And, TG, our twin girls are still way to the alt left, politically. Didn't get it from Mom or Pop. Indoctrination in the alt left government schools. Home schoolers all know. But now in their early 20's, we notice a few changes in other directions. What do you call a Conservative? A Liberal who has been street mugged, no?

When the left makes accusation I ask for a HR or SB for proof! A quick search will settle the argument!
Your daughter might be far-left if she wants to burn down the stock exchange and share out everybody's wealth equally. Otherwise it's common knowledge that the welfare state isn't generally safe in the hands of republicans. Do you really want to make common knowledge and the "far-left" the same position? What if calling everybody from the centre a communist backfires and posterity elects an actual communist having no real idea of what the far-left is?


I don't know how much would be drastic to you. Entitlement reform was supposed to be a priority for them (republicans) this year. They're waiting until the mid-terms are over I imagine. Medicare will be target #1.
My daughter is a far left liberal, and she claims Republicans want to do away with Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. I can't find any evidence of this.

It's no secret that republicans have pushed for CUTS to ALL of those programs.


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The republicans might end up a bit like Orban in Hungary. More conservative than capitalist. Tucker Carlson does this when he says that the nation should be regarded a bit like your own family.

This isn't the 20th century anymore where people became middle class whether they were any good or not. If you just let things be then a big middle class would happen, well not anymore.
Social Security.......our elderly voters who have contributed....not happening.

Medicare/Medicaid.....no one will touch cuts to Healthcare

Republicans will back cuts to certain programs(welfare), BUT what they actually have tried to cut is the increase in the percentage. I doubt the levels will go down but the percentage increase attributed to these programs will be diminished.

obidens 'build back better' bill and his 1.5 reconciliation will add 5 trillion to the debt alone. If it should pass it will wreck the economy....long term.

I suspect with the current perception of this already failing administration spending more for socialist programs hidden in the bill (eg. increased funding for illegal immigration, health care, jobs, soc.sec. for immigrants), will not be passed. There is so much hidden in the bill in regards to give aways and pet projects(green new deal) from the left the opposition to obidens will only grow. Some cans we can't kick down the road, but about seven of the programs in the bill shouldn't be opened either.


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My daughter is a far left liberal, and she claims Republicans want to do away with Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. I can't find any evidence of this.

Do away with, no. Cut, of course.
The lady is correct....succinct and to the point. Cuts will be made but again, to the percentage of increase.

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Only because they know they cant get away with it.
Same with Bush's idea of privatizing Social Security.
When the market crashes goodby Social Security if its privatized.
Socialism was the Republican battle cry when Roosevelt created Social Security..
Socialism invoked again with Medicare and Medicaid.
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